60007 Sir Nigel Gresley is to haul a tour to Kingswear this Saturday (5th August 2023).
The tour originates at Northampton with diesel locomotives beginning the journey.
Departing Northampton at 05:16, the diesel locomotives will pass through Milton Keynes Central (05:35), Leighton Buzzard (05:55), Berkhamsted (06:13), Hemel Hempstead (06:20), Watford Junction (06:36), Maidenhead (07:33), Reading (07:49), Swindon (Wilts) (08:50), Westbury (09:43) and Taunton at 10:30.
Here, 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley takes over the train. Departing Taunton at 11:01, the train will pass through Tiverton Parkway (11:16), Dawlish Warren (11:52), Dawlish (12:04), Newton Abbot (12:16), Paignton (12:34) and Kingswear at 13:09.
After time in Kingswear, 60007 will depart at 16:35 and will pass through Paignton (17:21), Dawlish Warren (17:55) and Tiverton Parkway at 18:44.
Just outside Taunton, 60007 will make way for the diesel locomotives.
The diesel locos will head back to Slough via the same outbound route, passing through Newbury (20:45), Reading (21:09), Maidenhead (21:31), Watford Junction (22:15), Hemel Hempstead (22:26), Berkhamsted (22:34), Leighton Buzzard (22:51), Milton Keynes Central (23:07) and Northampton at 23:28.
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Well those people who are booked on the charter tomorrow, and anyone who decides to go and see the SNG, are going to get very wet as the forecast is MORE heavy rain.
It is as the UK is stuck in permanent winter weather.